sweetbrier
71Amu Darya — /ah mooh dahr yeuh/; Russ. /u mooh du rddyah / a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Pamirs to the Aral Sea. ab. 1400 mi. (2250 km) long. Also called Oxus. * * * ancient Oxus River River, Central Asia. It is one of the longest rivers in… …
72bedeguar — /bed i gahr /, n. a gall on roses, esp. the sweetbrier, produced by a gall wasp. Also, bedegar. [1570 80; < MF < Ar < Pers bad awar(d) windfall, lit., wind brought] * * * …
73brier — brier1 briery, adj. /bruy euhr/, n. 1. a prickly plant or shrub, esp. the sweetbrier or a greenbrier. 2. a tangled mass of prickly plants. 3. a thorny stem or twig. Also, briar. [bef. 1000; ME brer, OE braer, brer; akin to BRAMBLE] …
74eglantine — /eg leuhn tuyn , teen /, n. the sweetbrier. [1350 1400; ME < MF; OF aiglent ( < VL *aculentum, neut. of *aculentus prickly, equiv. to L acu(s) needle + lentus adj. suffix) + ine INE1] * * * …
75wild brier — 1. the dog rose, Rosa canina. 2. the sweetbrier, Rosa eglanteria. 3. any other brier growing wild. * * * …
76eglantine — noun A Eurasian rose, Rosa eglanteria, having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips Syn: sweetbrier …
77Eglantine — f English: flower name, used as a nickname by Chaucer, and occasionally as a given name in the 19th century, but not at present in use. It is from an alternative name for the sweetbrier, derived in the 14th century from Old French aiglent,… …
78Rosa micrantha Borrer ex Sm. — Symbol ROMI Common Name smallflower sweetbrier Botanical Family Rosaceae …
79Rosa micrantha — ID 72498 Symbol Key ROMI Common Name smallflower sweetbrier Family Rosaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CT, DC, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC …
80sweetbriar — n. variety of Eurasian rose that produces bright pink flowers (also sweetbrier) …
